Trump Envoy Greenblatt in Israel to Judge Peace Prospects
- He saw Netanyahu in Jerusalem, will see Abbas in West Bank
- State Department calls it the first of many visits to region
Palestinians demonstrate in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah against the security coordination between Palestinian security forces and Israel on March 13, 2017.
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President Donald Trump pushed forward with Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts by sending his longtime lawyer turned diplomatic envoy to the Middle East to weigh whether there’s a real prospect to resurrect negotiations.
Jason Greenblatt, the president’s special representative for international negotiations, landed Monday in Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He’s to head to the West Bank city of Ramallah Tuesday to see Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.